(a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt.
Example Sentences:
(1) The lactoferrin test in positive in 5, inconclusive in 6, and negative in 41 cases, and in the 9 cases of non-CCP pancreatic diseases it is negative.
(2) Inconclusive tests were 10% and 11%, respectively, but in no patient were both scintigraphy and ultrasonography inconclusive.
(3) Sixteen patients (7%) with inconclusive diagnosis had symptoms only of SI and UI but no objective findings.
(4) Random fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin determinations seem to provide a reliable, although not directly quantitative, measure of the intestinal activity among patients with Crohn's disease, especially when other methods may be inconclusive.
(5) Its results are therefore inconclusive with respect to sigmoidoscopy and should not be used as evidence either for or against sigmoidoscopic screening.
(6) Dig-ASO testing correctly reclassified 10 individuals who had tested inconclusively on analysis for leukocyte beta-hexosaminidase A activity; 3 were identified as carriers and 7 as noncarriers.
(7) The effects on Ca++ uptake of added cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) alone or with rabbit or bovine protein kinase were inconclusive.
(8) Chemicals giving negative or inconclusive results were then retested using other common in vitro mutagenesis conditions.
(9) Aperture size was modulated during flight on some trials in an attempt to test between these possibilities, but the results were inconclusive.
(10) The only satisfactory trial of this nature to date was done in Helsinki, and its results were inconclusive.
(11) Of these 21 were positive, 11 were inconclusive and nine were negative.
(12) The presence of symptom-specific stress-related psychophysiological responses is more commonly observed, and the evidence on return to baseline is at this time inconclusive.
(13) The data for linkage between CRI-0136 and the ADPKD locus in our family were inconclusive.
(14) Kinetic studies proved inconclusive in that a rapid equilibrium between an oxidized enzyme--allene carbanion pair and reduced enzyme--keto acid pair would make these two species kinetically equivalent.
(15) In the face of an inconclusive result in the first attempt, biopsy was repeated for upto three times.
(16) Although clinical improvements occurred in the case of variegate porphyria, the results were inconclusive for reasons given.
(17) In all but two patients, one or more inconclusive techniques [oral cholecystography, ultrasonography, intravenous cholangiography, or endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC)] had been employed prior to FNC.
(18) Previous smaller studies have given rise to conflicting or inconclusive results, but the reduced conception rates in the partners of oligospermic men in this large study suggests that unexplained female factors, discussed in the paper, contribute to their infertility in up to a third of patients.
(19) In 4 subjects the obstructions disappeared after both belladonna and the placebo; the children were considered to have an "inconclusive response".
(20) Of the remaining 98 examinations, 4 (4.1%) were inconclusive, 73 tumors (74.5%) were correctly staged, 16 tumors (16.3%) were overstaged and 5 tumors (5.1%) understaged.
Undecided
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Canvassing previous Labour voters who were pro-independence or still undecided during the referendum, McGarry hears complaints that the party is no longer socialist and should not have sided with the Tories at the referendum.
(2) The poll – which sets the stage for a tense and dramatic run to referendum day – suggests that, among the undecideds, more are inclined to vote Remain than Leave.
(3) Given that a post-poll economy still registers as a crucial issue among undecided voters, and that matters economic are now his BBC day job, that was hardly surprising.
(4) Anthony Wells, director of YouGov’s political and social research team, said: “While there will be speculation about whether this movement is connected to the tragic death of Jo Cox, we do not think that it is... We are now in the final week of the referendum campaign and the swing back towards the status quo appears to be in full force.” EU referendum voters unconvinced by scare tactics: ‘I just want to do what’s right’ Read more Today, both sides will resume their battle to capture the votes of the undecided and to persuade people to switch sides, though both the Leave and Remain camps say that the manner of their campaigning will be more sober and less combative.
(5) Except for its conidia, which are mostly reniform to allantoid rather than ovoid as is characteristic for W. dermatitidis, and the undecided mode of conidiogenesis, the isolate closely resembles W. dermatitidis in gross and microscopic morphology, thermotolerance, and general and neurotrophic infectivity patterns in mice injected intraperitoneally.
(6) Ten percent of women were initially undecided; one-third of this group ultimately breastfed, two-thirds bottle fed.
(7) New York representative Peter King, who is undecided on the plan, said Trump pointed to him during the meeting as a fellow Queens native.
(8) No campaign sources said the move to set out this process just 11 days before the vote had long been planned, though it emerged the morning after a YouGov poll for the Sunday Times showed a two-point lead for yes, once undecided voters were eliminated.
(9) ICM in Scotland on Sunday put support for the no campaign up five points to 49%, with the yes campaign stuck on 37% and those undecided down five points to 14%.
(10) "It is encouraging that undecideds, the group of Scots who are key to this referendum, are overwhelmingly moving in favour of Scotland remaining a strong and proud part of the UK."
(11) Same-sex marriage in Australia may only need two more votes to pass Senate Read more The deputy campaign director, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, whose parents feature in the campaign, says the ads are being broadcast on Sky News in an attempt to reach undecided politicians.
(12) The adolescents males reported that initially they either were definitely unready for paternity (75%) or were undecided about readiness for fatherhood (21%).
(13) Contrary to the popular image of the undecided voter as being ignorant and unengaged – a recent Saturday Night Live skit captured the stereotype brilliantly – Flack is a political science graduate who is following the race closely.
(14) Author Val McDermid voted for Scottish independence but is undecided who she will support on 7 May.
(15) A YouGov poll for the Daily Telegraph found 31% of voters support Blair for president, with 31% opposed and 38% undecided.
(16) Overlays from aggregated monolayers were able also to inhibit the migration of normal mouse macrophages; this and other evidence suggested a similar origin for the inhibition factor, but the latter's identity with the aggregation factor remains undecided.
(17) Worryingly for David Cameron, the research suggests undecided voters could harden against fracking if it is planned for their community.
(18) Pam, 68, a retired secretary, is English and has, like many resident in Scotland, encountered anti-English racism, yet is undecided about independence.
(19) A recent poll of Chicago’s African American voters showed Emanuel with a 10-point lead over García, though 18% of those voters remained undecided.
(20) "The risk is that this leads to … a narrow focus on a dissatisfied and uncharacteristically undecided prewar generation.